Is this an access form/inventory control type database? If so, what is your table structure, where your value for items in stock is stored? There are several good discussions on inventory databases located at http://www.utteraccess.com/, by typing the keyword "inventory". Please let us know what software you're working with and more about your data, thank you, Cathy "Colin Coles" <ccoles@xxxxxxxxxxx To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent by: cc: mso-bounce@freelist s.org Subject: [mso] Decrementing a number from a list 02/15/2005 06:35 AM Please respond to ..... mso I have a simple order form. The name of the item is selected from a validation list. Next to the list on which the drop down is based are the numbers of the items in stock. How can I simply get the program to find the item in the list and decrement the number next to it by the number that the client requires. Many thanks for your help. Colin Colin Coles ICT Development Manager John Cabot City Technology College Tel 0117 976 3000 Ext 2111 Mobile: 07734395347 E Mail ccoles@xxxxxxxxxxx Alt cd.coles@xxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************